General Chat

Gwyn you popped in before I had posted and I missed your post. Hope you had a lovely pub lunch with your friends.

Anng yes I shall be putting my prices up a bit after seeing what she's selling at. I think she [probably bought all the things from me in the first place so I supposed she's entitled to sell them on for what she thinks is a fair price. The only thing is she has said she dos'nt know who the maker is on a couple of the things. She has on the tudor slipware plates as she has put a picture up of the backs where I initial and date them. She has'nt on the teds or the Clarice Cliff jug.

Give the tablets time to settle Mandy but if the dizziness contiues contact the surgery. That sounds like Vertigo and it is horrible,

Mel keep a watch and see if they sell at her price. If they do that means you are not charging enough for them I think.

Morning all,

Raining here and very dull.
I had a strange night I slept till half one and got out to the loo , I felt very unsteady on my feet got back into bed then the room started to spin ,I did manage to get back to sleep for a while but when it was time to get up I had to have Colin steady me .
I feel a bit better now as I've had all my tablets i doubled up on the ones the doctor told me , the side affects of these tablets is dizziness so I hope I soon it soon goes .

Just sitting in the chair and feel washed out .

Morning all,

Dull and wet again and 9 degrees and rainy days ahead again. At least theres no wind today.

Enjoy your meeting Anng and have a lovely time

Must get the bin ready to go out tonight as the refuse men come so early inthe morning. I have a pile of ironing to do today too.

Someone on Ebay is selling my stuff at a very high price. She has my teds, a Clarice Cliff jug with the crocus pattern and three Tudor slipware items she bought from me in Aug 2024.

I'm really sorry to read that you've been so unwell, Mandy and hope you have had a good night's rest.What a worry.
I know you always like to be busy, even when watching TV, but it sounds like you really need complete rest to allow your body to heal and recover.
I hope you soon feel much better <3

Vera, that sounds a proper mix-up.
I hope there really is a CT today, when you get there.
Like you, I have generally had very good NHS care, but just occasionally you think 'What? :-S'
For example, after my last visit to the respiratory team in hospital outpatients, I was told they would arrange a telephone follow-up appointment in a few weeks and this was later arranged for 24th December. A text reminder came through later still telling me to attend the hospital at 9 a.m on Christmas Eve..... I think not.
Like AnnG, I have trouble with hearing on the phone, so daughter rang and the receptionist confirmed that it was indeed a phone appointment, not face to face.
Very confusing.

AnnG
Some hospital departments have needed to ring me, so now they have daughter's mobile number and she puts it on loudspeaker and I can manage that usually.
Would that work for you?
Sometimes they just need my permission to speak to her, then she can fully explain to me in our time afterwards.
As you say, it isn't the volume but the clarity, especially if there is a strong accent too.
I hope you get the antibiotics if you need them.

Annx It can be worrying times, when a building has a change of use looming. Sometimes a lot of social media posts whip up unrest too, which doesn't help the situation.
My daughter lives not far from Napier Barracks, which M.O.D have recently sold for housing redevelopment, so the asylum seekers have now left.
Generally, they were very well received locally and volunteered their help for many projects in the local community. When people from outside the area set up a protest against them being housed at the barracks, there was a much stronger and well-attended counter demonstration against that protest, so sometimes the reality is not so bad as fear of the unknown.

Mel
I hope you are continuing to regain your strength and shift that cough. There must be so much to do with all that land, but like Mandy, you'll have to know when to rest.
Lovely that you have been able to get on with your miniatures. They sound great.

Pub lunch with friends today. It's within walking distance, but I hope I don't get soaked in a downpour getting there :-0

Good morning all damp here but not, so far too dark. 6 degrees. I am out this afternoon, being picked up 1.30 as it is our monthly meeting. I have sent a message via another triage form to make sure the D Nurse knows I will be out. They are so busy I don't want them wasting their time.

Ann the loop, I think, would not work with a phone. Actually my aids don't have the loop fitted. (their error as I had it in the ones before) but most places using the loop (Post office etc I can manage without. It is really only cinema and phone I have a problem, and theatre but I tend to avoid that these days. With the phone, it is not the volume, it is clarity and the last audiology appointment I had the fellow said there is nothing that can cure that.

I'm glad you were seen Mandy and hope the pills work. It can be so frightening specially for me being on my own. All I can say is thank goodness for my Em.

Evening All,

My goodness what a day you've had and poor Mandy feeling poorly and having to go to A&E. It's a horrid feeling so I hope you start feeling better soon and as Vera says take it easy as it should help. Your son is good, but you do so much to help him and his family too so I bet he is glad to be able to help you as well and I am sure the school would understand as he is a good worker and I doubt he would be late without good reason..<3

That's poor service all round AnnG. Don't they have the special hearing system for the hard of hearing. I know at work there was some kind of loop the switchboard operator would connect people to at work. As for not letting you know when the district nurse will call, that's poor as they must surely be able to give you some idea even if it's just to say whether it will be morning or afternoon. Keeping customers informed seems to have gone by the board these days too.

How confusing getting those letters Vera when your OH is already booked in for what you think is a CT scan. You could begin to think you are losing the plot yourself couldn't you! As you say you should hopefully sort it out tomorrow. I think our surgery has a walk in day for blood tests but it may have changed! In the past they would do it while you were there. Thank you for letting me know about the new Dyson and I had wondered about a Shark too. I think I will look up the different weights compared with what I have next. Our Curry's used to let you try them out on a strip of carpet but I'm not sure they do anymore. Your poor OH must be fed up with all the coughing by now. It is really tiring.

Gosh that Sparrowhawk doesn't scare easily does he Mel! He must have been hungry. Asda seem to be improving here as I only had 1 sub last time.

Well I'm going to need my scarf now as the hairdresser was chatting and chopping away this morning about her holiday to the Maldives and Sri Lanka and my hair feels shorter than usual. I tried the new car screen cover (anticipating the snow!) and it fits perfectly so that was good and we've tried the garage door again and it works fine now the cobwebs have been brushed off. OH wants to use the roller door tomorrow when he sorts some programmes for a friend he will see at a match tomorrow night. He can put them straight in his car boot from there and not need to carry them and hurt his back.

Poor you Mandy, hope the BP tablets work quickly Hopefully it is a blip but do as the doctor has said plenty of rest. Something very similar happened to my sister, she is OK now though.

Thank you Vera ,yes he is don't know what we'd do without him and dil

Oh, poor you Mandy. Now make sure you do as you are told and rest. Your son’s a star isn’t he. Sending you a hug <3

I hope you can both get sorted out ,why do they make things so complicated.

I phoned the doctor and she said all appointments were taken but when I explained my symptoms she filled the form in and said someone would get back to me but a little while later I really felt so bad son rang 111 and they said I had to go to A&E within the hour and I would be seen so off we went and when we got there I had my blood pressure taken ,one arm was 199 over something and the other arm was 191 it set the alarm off so I then had to see the in hospital GP after quite a long wait ,she has upped one of my blood pressure tablets and said I had to book a blood test for 2 weeks time for a kidney function test and I have to take my blood pressure for a week and take that in to the doctors .
I feel really tired now and she said I have to have complete rest for the next few days .
I did feel bad as son was late for work but he said mum you come before work .

Of course, Ann, I completely forgot your hearing problem. My apologies.

Back to the reason I was using the triage form Vera which worked very well before. I can’t hear on the phone and that is if I ever got through. Previous times I have used the form I have headed it with the Dr I wanted to contact and it worked. I suppose it is possible that she was nit in today but it would have helped if somebody had explained. It would also have helped if the doctor who set up the nurse to call had left the link that allowed me to reply.

I am just going to wait and see when the D nurse calls and if I am out it is not my problem. I am sure the anti B could have meanwhile been prescribed.

That’s a bit of a dilemma AnnG. If you phoned your surgery would a receptionist be able to tell you anything, even how to contact the district nurse to speak to her? Everything seems so complicated these days.

We’re now confused about OH’s hospital visits. He had 2 separate letters in today’s post. One said a blood test should have been booked for him and asking him to get a test quickly and enclosing a form to take when he goes. There are no walk in places, all tests are appointment only. He’s tried ringing to book but I think the line closes at 4.00 pm. His other letter was booking him in a couple of weeks for a CT scan and a camera examination. We thought it was a CT scan tomorrow so we are thoroughly confused now. He is going to turn up at the right place tomorrow and see what happens. And I was bragging about how well the NHS were doing!

Fingers crossed AnnG that you and OH both get sorted out.

I needed to ask the dr that dealt with my leg op referral if she thinks I need more antibiotic as it is not healing. I don't think it is infected but who knows? anyway I used the Triage form which workes as far as getting a reply albeit not from the doctor I wanted. 'they' requested a photo and obviously read my explanation that I couldn't get to the surgery because the only bus is not running there this week because of roadworks. But still did not pass it to the relevant doctor but to another one who was obviously duty Dr fro the Triage. He has just arranged for me to have the district nurse call. Fine, but no way of getting back to him, how do I know when they will call, I am not housebound and if it is PM tomorrow I will be out. But there was no way I could answer his message. And no way of contacting the dr who is interested in my BCCs for which I have op booked in March.

I hope you get a quick call back from your surgery Mandy. Take it easy while you are waiting.

Kingsmill is OK Mel but, like you, I prefer Warburtons Wholemeal. The only thing with Warburtons is that their medium sliced is often quite thick and if I am having a sandwich I like it a little bit thinner, but that's just me being fussy. I've got Tesco delivery this afternoon with 2 subs; 2 small tins of evap instead of 1 large and a half leg of lamb instead of a half shoulder. I'm happy with both those, particularly as the lamb they are sending is £16 but I'll only have to pay £12.60.

I've had a good vac round with my new cordless and am very pleased with it. It picks up well but it did seem a bit heavier than my old one but still manageable.

I've been trying to book an appointment for an eye test. I go to Boots Opticians so rang the local shop number but that seemed to put me through to an automated recording where I had to press 1 to make an appointment and was then told to hold on and I would be put through to the "store opticians line". Well, it rang and rang. After a few minutes I gave up. I tried 3 times with the same result so decided to book online. Went through all the process of choosing my store and saying what I wanted etc only to be told no appointments are available. I looked right up to April and kept getting the same message and being told to choose another store. No thank you. So now we are going to stop in town when we come back from OH's scan tomorrow and I'll go in and book my appointment face to face.

OH has just called out that lunch is ready - just a corned beef sandwich so I'd better go. Might bbl

Shoppings arrived 2 subs my Warburtons wholemeal they sent a Kingsmill instead and my coffee and walnut cake they sent a chocolate fudge cake. Neither went back as I hav'nt any wholemeal bread so I am going to try this Kingsmill.

O Mandy take it easy and I hope you can get an appointment to see someone. My flu started with a funny head.

Just take it easy while waiting Mandy hopefully just a blip